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Northwest Straits Marine

Bellingham, Washington · EIN 91-2147136 · Science & Technology · tax-exempt since 2002

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 72.6 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Graded against 1,892 science & technology nonprofits with revenue $2M–$10M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.2.9 months97
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.91% of practices91
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.53
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.100% from one source14
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.91.4%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.2.7%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.05not scored

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Year by year

201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Sep 2025Form 990$2.01M$2.01M−$6,227$488K2.911B
Sep 2024Form 990$1.84M$1.67M$171K$494K3.68B
Sep 2023Form 990$1.51M$1.58M−$66K$323K2.59C
Sep 2022Form 990$1.64M$1.51M$131K$389K3.17A
Jun 2021Form 990$1.96M$1.94M$16K$237K1.56C
Jun 2020Form 990$768K$1.01M−$238K$222K2.67C
Jun 2019Form 990$1.51M$1.47M$45K$382K3.17B
Jun 2018Form 990$1.02M$1.10M−$78K$337K3.77B
Jun 2017Form 990$1.09M$1.21M−$125K$414K4.15B

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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